Has the 6.5prc peaked in interested?

[PredatorSlayer]

Success and longevity of a cartridge seems to first be driven by marketing. As an example the poor success is the SAUM line of cartridges introduced by Remington with very poor marketing but those in the know covet their SAUMs. Look at the super success of the WSM cartridges. Great marketing.

Another HUGE marketing failure was the 260 Remington. It should have been so solidly entrenched as the most practical cartridge for the American target shooter out to 1000 yards and as a nearly perfect medium to large game hunting cartridge that it could have never been unseated but it's yet another example of the idiots at Remington and their lack of marketing savvy.

Hornady has done a GREAT job of marketing the 6.5 Creed and a good job of marketing the 6.5 PRC. Also they've made sure ammo was inexpensive and readily available.

Both cartridges are imminently useful as well for both target shooting and hunting because they can take advantage of the great BC of the 6.5 bullets and their low recoil, great barrel life and usefulness for medium to large game which is closest to the American hunter's heart.

It's going to be a very difficult act to follow if someone wants to match the success of the 6.5 offerings Hornady has introduced. Where do we go from here? I honestly don't think they're the next big thing but simply the most practical and useful cartridges around and I'm only surprised that nobody did this years ago. The people that predicted that the 6.5 Creed and 6.5 PRC would soon be replaced by "the next big thing" have been proven wrong and by the way... I was one of them. LOL

So after all that bla bla bla... I'd say the 6.5 PRC will live a very long and successful life and may not peak for several years and will still survive to be a long time favorite.

Great points, and I think that's is what is going to keep it alive. Not the guys who reload and are into wildcats, or the SAUM or 6.5x284 etc but the average joes who have been loving the creedmoor and want a little more oomph

 

[Timnterra]

I think the 6.5 PRC has just begun to climb. If you look at the long range shooting community, it took a long time for long range shooting to become mainstream. Now that laser rangefinders are affordable and accurate and ballistic calculators are free on smart phones instead of several hundred dollars, long range shooting is just going to become more popular. I think that with Hornady pushing the PRC it will appeal to all the creedmoor supporters as well as the guys who are new to long range. Those poor soles who will be told by the "gun store experts" that they need a Ruger Precision rifle in a fancy new caliber and vortex scope to shoot long range. I cringe every time I walk through Cabelas and hear the garbage being spewed by the kids, and old guys for that matter, behind the counter who obviously don't ever shoot and probably don't have any knowledge beyond the crap they read on Facebook.
My recommendation is buy a 6.5 PRC if you want, it's actually a pretty good cartridge. But more important is that you become friends with the guy that places orders at your local sporting goods store. That way you will always be able to get what you want in stock locally. At least that's what I do...

 

[LDHunter]

Just for grins I thought I'd go on Gunbroker and search in firearms for 6.5 PRC. VOILA!!! 23 pages of 6.5 PRC rifle listings. I guess it's safe to say that Hornady has hit another one out of the park... LOL

 

[LDHunter]

I'd just LOVE to see Remington chamber a MODEL 700 5-R STAINLESS THREADED GEN 2 in 6.5 PRC. I already have one in 6.5 Creedmoor and it's astoundingly accurate and is one of my favorite rifles I've ever owned.
https://www.remington.com/rifles/bolt-action/model-700/model-700-5-r-stainless-threaded-gen-2

 

[waspocrew]

My brother is waiting on a 6.5 PRC to be built in the next few months. Should be quite the rifle. He spent a lot of time behind the PRC this summer and fell in love with the round.

If I didn't already have a 6.5 Sherman, I probably would go the route of the PRC.

 

[LDHunter]

I just found a very interesting article on the 6.5 PRC.

Worth the read....
https://journalofmountainhunting.com/6-5-prc-the-king-of-the-mountain-by-nolan-osborne/

 

[Goring2358]

I've had great success with RL26 with 143s and 147s. My Ridgeline stacks 147s together at 200 yards with 55.7 grains of RL26 with a Fed210M loaded in Hornady brass. It's going 2975 fps from a 24" bbl.https://www.longrangeonly.com/forum/newreply.php?do=newreply&p=43131

 

[Bigeclipse]

Success and longevity of a cartridge seems to first be driven by marketing. As an example the poor success is the SAUM line of cartridges introduced by Remington with very poor marketing but those in the know covet their SAUMs. Look at the super success of the WSM cartridges. Great marketing.

Another HUGE marketing failure was the 260 Remington. It should have been so solidly entrenched as the most practical cartridge for the American target shooter out to 1000 yards and as a nearly perfect medium to large game hunting cartridge that it could have never been unseated but it's yet another example of the idiots at Remington and their lack of marketing savvy.

Hornady has done a GREAT job of marketing the 6.5 Creed and a good job of marketing the 6.5 PRC. Also they've made sure ammo was inexpensive and readily available.

Both cartridges are imminently useful as well for both target shooting and hunting because they can take advantage of the great BC of the 6.5 bullets and their low recoil, great barrel life and usefulness for medium to large game which is closest to the American hunter's heart.

It's going to be a very difficult act to follow if someone wants to match the success of the 6.5 offerings Hornady has introduced. Where do we go from here? I honestly don't think they're the next big thing but simply the most practical and useful cartridges around and I'm only surprised that nobody did this years ago. The people that predicted that the 6.5 Creed and 6.5 PRC would soon be replaced by "the next big thing" have been proven wrong and by the way... I was one of them. LOL

So after all that bla bla bla... I'd say the 6.5 PRC will live a very long and successful life and may not peak for several years and will still survive to be a long time favorite.

Super success of the WSM? Was that a joke? The WSM is all but dead. The only one left really is the 300wsm.

 

[PredatorSlayer]

Super success of the WSM? Was that a joke? The WSM is all but dead. The only one left really is the 300wsm.

The 270wsm has a strong following as well.

 

[Legionnaire]

I want one. I might order a Remage barrel to try on one of my current rifles. I think a 24-inch sporter contour on a Model 7 action would make a dandy mountain rifle.

 

[Hespco]

I don't think anyone is saying the 6.5 PRC isn't a good cartridge. It is very effective & accurate . The fact still remains that the 6.5 Rem Mag holds more powder & out performs it. The 6.5-06 which has been around for as long as I can remember absolutely duplicates it performance for $$K less money. Pick up a used standard long action & re=barrel to 6.5-06 for $K less . So it has an action a 1/2" longer . Have never seen that make any difference in the field & I'm sure game will never notice they were hit with a 6.5 -06 instead of a PRC. Your trophy will never know the difference. With the money saved by building a 6.5-06 better quality optics will be more affordable. I feel performance is performance & if I can accomplish performance for less $ that makes sense to me.

 

[Methow Packer]

Super success of the WSM? Was that a joke? The WSM is all but dead. The only one left really is the 300wsm.

Help me understand. What's wrong with the WSM design. It seems to be built right with a straighter case and sharp shoulder. Good velocity. You can choose 6.5, 7mm or 30 cal. What's wrong with it?

 

[Stgraves260]

I don't want to start a war on cartridges i.e. I don't need to hear why a 6.5 prc when xyz cartridge already exists. The reason why is there really is not a high velocity (magnum) 6.5 round which is super popular where ammo is readily available at stores. I am just curious if the 6.5 prc has already peaked in interest? I have become a fan of 6.5 caliber sized bullets for deer hunting. Smaller bullets for less recoil but still enough oomph(when properly selecting bullets) to take down large whitetails. I have been back and forth on getting a 6.5 prc. I know it does not really offer much more than already existing cartridges in performance but I was hoping Hornady was going to pull off another 6.5cm popular round because then ammo types and availability goes up. I wanted a flatter shooting version of a 6.5cm and it seemed like the 6.5 prc was going to be it. So what are your thoughts? Do you think the 6.5 prc has already peaked in interest or do you think it still has a chance to keep climbing?

This will prob be a interesting thread. The 6.5 PRC is prob at its peak. But it seams as if Hornady makes the ammo available for a cartridge then that round will survive. So it all depends on what bullet selection they make available for it. Only time will tell. I use my 260 Rem on Deer, Elk, Hog everything. I have a 300 Win Mag and 7 Rem Mag but I still use my 260 Rem. It does the job. In Colorado the most common caliber to take elk is 6.5 Cal. According to parks and wildlife. It will be interesting to see how the new 6.5 PRC and 300 PRC do.

 

[Zhomeguy]

The PRC was definately a marketing move by Hornady, and in my mind maybe not as well thought out as it shoulda been. Re: we see a lot guys now building off of long actions, where the whole point was to stay in SA mag length. I've been a 6.5 RSAUM shooter in its GAP 4S version a while and its certainly capable of killing elk, I certainly prefer a bit more horsepower at the longer ranges we see guys shooting today.
The bullet technology is certainly available when going into "tuff" category in the 6.5mm but your going to be pushing short action length constraints. To optimize those heavier bc's you best to look at Sherman's and or the 6.5-XX wildcats, I shoot a 6.5-280 AI also. But believe it or not my truck gun is a short barrel 6.5 Creed. (But I think I'm going to build a 6 Creed to get bit more velocity and less drop for those quick snap shots that happen a lot on those pesky coyotes!).
But back to the basis of your question, definitely the 6.5 PRC is waining a bit, the PRC crowd has moved onto the 6's n the 25's and even now the 22 CM, XC, BR, n XX-47's taking a lot of the thunder of why the PRC was developed.
We'll see how much enthusiasm there is similarly for the 300 PRC and over the years how much it wains, but in my opinion the 300PRC fills a better void of "efficiency" in large 30's better than others and 210's n 230's kill elk with a hell of a lot more authority than any 6.5!!